Preschool/Early Childhood/Special Education
Perpetual
Preschool
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com
Themes, tips, resources, and learning center ideas for parents and
educators or young children
Preschool
Education
http://www.preschooleducation.com
Resources, ideas, coloring book, printables, theme topics for
teachers, articles for teachers and parents
Enchanted
Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Includes section with preschool and kindergarten activities and
ideas
Kidsource
Online
http://www.kidsource.com
Includes a wide variety of articles, activities, and sites dealing
with general or specific topics relating to preschoolers.
Preschool
Zone
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/pz.html
Resources for regular or special education preschool programs
including downloadable files for use with Boardmaker, technology
resources for early childhood educators, software recommendations for
very young children, teaching ideas sorted by theme
Literacy/Reading
Kidsread
http://www.kidsread.net
Read aloud books for ages 2-14. Site also allows teachers to copy
books for classroom purposes.
Scholastic
Books
http://www.scholastic.com
Children's literature site for teachers, kids, and
parents.
Child Care
National
Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org
A large site offering information from curriculum and programming to
nutrition. For teachers or parents.
Kid's Health
NH Healthy Kids
http://www.nhhealthykids.com
KidsHealth
http://kidshealth.org/
Child health, illnesses, behavior, nutrition, and fitness.
Disabilities/Special Education
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/
Provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues
for families, educators, and other professionals.
Computers/Assistive Technology
Closing
the Gap
http://www.closingthegap.com
Organization offers a wide variety of disability resources and
specializes in providing information and resources related to the use
of computers and assistive technology.
Montgomery
County Public Schools Early Childhood Technology Literacy
Project
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/
Resources for parents and teachers to share information they have
gathered and developed from project to increase skills of early
childhood students in reading and writing through reading and writing
instruction using instructional technology
PDD/Autism/Visual Strategies
Tin
Snips
http://www.tinsnips.org
Special education resources and tools for teachers of individuals
with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), related developmental
disabilities and young children with special needs. Most activities
appropriate for Pre-K or Kindergarten.
Different
Roads to Learning
http://www.difflearn.com/welcome.asp
Catalog of autism products, materials, and resources.
Room
5 (new site address)
http://room5ideas.com
Classroom web page to assist parents and teachers with ASD students.
Includes classroom and home ideas and links to other sites of
interest.
Playskills
http://melindasmith.home.mindspring.com
Ideas to help teach play and social skills to children with
ASD.
Do2Learn
http://www.do2Learn.com
Provides resources and templates for using visual strategies and
tools such as visual schedules and communication boards.
Use
Visual Strategies
http://www.usevisualstrategies.com
Provides information about visual strategies with pictures available
to download to your computer.
Visual
Schedule Systems
http://www.setbc.org/default.html
Information and activities related to using visual schedule
systems.
Sensory Processing Disorder
http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com
Educational articles, materials, resources, products, and activity suggestions. Additional information about occupational therapy is also included.
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